Sarah Shields was night fishing with her husband when her car was attacked overnight (Image: Sarah Shields)

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Two cars were left with extensive damage after they were targeted by "20 youths carrying knives" near a fishing lake in Shepperton.

Vandals slashed the tyres and smashed all the windows and wing mirrors of a grey Ford Focus in the Sheep Walk area overnight on Saturday (October 27), according to Surrey Police.

A black Volkswagen Golf was also targeted by the gang who smashed all the windows and wing mirrors, and let down a tyre.

An iPad was also taken from the glove compartment of the Golf.

Sarah Shields, from Chertsey, was night fishing with her husband when her Ford Focus car was attacked.

She said: "I left my car just outside the lake car park as it was full. At around 11am my husband took a load of stuff back to his car and happened to have a quick look at my car and that's the first we knew of the damage.

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"He spoke to a fellow angler who was fishing in the car park. He said he heard the cars being vandalised and saw around 20 youths but didn't approach as they were carrying knives.

"They broke every window, both wing mirrors, the rear view mirror, slashed two tyres and kicked panels in. I believe this is happening more and more in Shepperton and is a real nightmare for the victims as it's a full claim on my own car insurance."

An investigation is currently under way and the Spelthorne Neighbourhood Team is working with partner agencies and checking CCTV footage to identify those responsible.

Spelthorne Beat received a number of reports of youths being in the area around the time of the offences.

An investigation is currently under way (Image: Sarah Shields)

Anyone with any information, or with CCTV who lives in Sheep Walk, is asked to contact police.

The team is also investigating further reports of three cars being damaged in Ashford.

Spelthorne Neighbourhood Sergeant Paul Grinter said: “The damage caused to the cars in Sheep Walk is beyond the normal type of mindless damage. The offenders have really gone to town on smashing the cars up, which is unusual.

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"We are not aware of any ongoing issues with cars parked down at that location, but if there are concerns or issues, we would welcome contact from local residents so that we can do all we can to prevent this from happening again.

“We would also urge any other residents who have had their vehicles damaged to report these to police.”